Biggest-ever jump seen in global warming gases
Friday, November 4, 2011 - 22:00
in Earth & Climate
Total emissions jump 6% between 2009 and 2010 — beyond amounts projected in a worst-case scenario. Extra pollution in China and the U.S. accounts for more than half the increase.The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped last year by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated, a sign of how feeble the world's efforts are at slowing man-made global warming.